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tame a.驯服的；沉闷的 tame (adj.) early Middle English tame "in a state of subjection, physically subdued, restrained in behavior" (c.1200); of animals "domesticated, reclaimed from wildness," also, of persons, "meek, gentle-natured, compliant, intent on homely or domestic activities" (mid-13c.), from oblique forms of Old English tom, tam "domesticated, docile," from Proto-Germanic *tamaz (cognates: Old Norse tamr, Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch tam, Old High German zam, German zahm "tame," Gothic tamjan "to tame"), from PIE *deme- "to constrain, to force, to break (horses)" (cognates: Sanskrit damayati "tames;" Persian dam "a tame animal;" Greek daman "to tame, subdue," dmetos "tame;" Latin domare "to tame, subdue;" Old Irish damnaim "I tie up, fasten, I tame, subdue").A possible ulterior connection is with PIE *dem- "house, household" (see domestic (adj.)). Meaning "spiritless, weak, dull, uninspiring, insipid" is recorded from c.1600. Related: Tamely; tameness.tame (v.) mid-14c., from tame (adj.), or altered by the form of the adjective from Old English temian "subdue, make tame," from Proto-Germanic *tamjan- (cognates: Old Norse temja, Old Frisian tema, Middle Dutch temmen, Old High German zemmen, German zähmen, Gothic tamjan). Related: Tamed; taming. 【记】音：踏灭→踏平→驯服；音：太妹，小太妹需要被驯服；音：太美，太美的美眉一般是很驯服的

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[teim] 【英】 adj. 驯服的(not fierce or wild);沉闷的(unexciting and uninteresting)【考】 反义词：racy(生动的 )【例】 I quite enjoyed the book but found the ending rather tame. adj. 驯服的; 枯燥乏味的【类】tame: tractable = ? 柔顺的: 易于管教的 = ?【反】racy(adj 保持原味的; 活泼的)

单词	tame
音标	[teim]
解释	a.驯服的；沉闷的
红宝书	【英】 adj. 驯服的(not fierce or wild);沉闷的(unexciting and uninteresting) 【考】反义词：racy(生动的 ) 【例】 I quite enjoyed the book but found the ending rather tame.
字源	tame (adj.) early Middle English tame "in a state of subjection, physically subdued, restrained in behavior" (c.1200); of animals "domesticated, reclaimed from wildness," also, of persons, "meek, gentle-natured, compliant, intent on homely or domestic activities" (mid-13c.), from oblique forms of Old English tom, tam "domesticated, docile," from Proto-Germanic tamaz (cognates: Old Norse tamr, Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch tam, Old High German zam, German zahm "tame," Gothic tamjan "to tame"), from PIE deme- "to constrain, to force, to break (horses)" (cognates: Sanskrit damayati "tames;" Persian dam "a tame animal;" Greek daman "to tame, subdue," dmetos "tame;" Latin domare "to tame, subdue;" Old Irish damnaim "I tie up, fasten, I tame, subdue"). A possible ulterior connection is with PIE dem- "house, household" (see domestic (adj.)). Meaning "spiritless, weak, dull, uninspiring, insipid" is recorded from c.1600. Related: Tamely; tameness. tame (v.) mid-14c., from tame (adj.), or altered by the form of the adjective from Old English temian "subdue, make tame," from Proto-Germanic tamjan- (cognates: Old Norse temja, Old Frisian tema, Middle Dutch temmen, Old High German zemmen, German zähmen, Gothic tamjan). Related: Tamed; taming.
不择手段背单词	adj. 驯服的; 枯燥乏味的【类】tame: tractable = ? 柔顺的: 易于管教的 = ? 【反】racy(adj 保持原味的; 活泼的)
趣味全助记	【记】音：踏灭→踏平→驯服；音：太妹，小太妹需要被驯服；音：太美，太美的美眉一般是很驯服的

Tame Middle German English Cognates Adj I Domesticated